TIPS for a good VENETIAN trip!

I hope you are not bored about our Venice trip....

 

 

be reassured, that's the last post about it!

 

Our last day begun under the rain and strong wind...

 

 

I had to came back to pants and wool jacket :-(

 

Our last hours were dedicated to shopping....

 

So they are a lot of shoppes but even showcases were bright and colored.... 

 

 

I didn't know what to bring as souvenir as we found no vintage...

 

I tried some gorgeous leather gloves...

 

 

but finally bought 2 beautiful silk scarves made in Venezia!

 

So a few tips for a good Venice trip.

 

We have quite a long stay, 

but I must tell you that we didn't feel bored at all even after 6 days.

 

 

I think that you must stay at least 3 or 4 days.

 

 

We were there in the middle of the week, that's the best option: plane and hotels are really cheaper and there are really less tourists.



Prefer to travel in spring or in fall, less people, cheapper, no heatwave, no nasty odor and no moskitos!



Bring with you comfy flat shoes, you will walk A LOT!!! 

 

At your arrival, buy a 4 days VAPORETTO ticket, that will be really usefull!

 

 

Do you find some similarities in the next picture?

 

 

I love pigs... and I will tell you a secret..."Piglet" is the nickname Sylvain gave to me a long time ago...

 

 

The weather changes really fast so bring with you something again sun, cold, rain and mainly wind!

 

 

If you don't like italian food, you will be dissapointed....

 

Pizzas and pastas, it's all you will find...

 

 

no french food, no asian restaurant and even almost no Mac Donald's, can you believe it? 

  

 

Even if gondola is expensive, you HAVE to enjoy a ride, you will see another city! 

 

 

Did you know that feeding pigeons is forbidden in Venice?

 

It's only allowed on San Marco Plaza!

 

 

They will easily climb on your arms, shoulders and head...

 

 

You can see that we finished that trip under a bright sun!

 

 

Another advice is to choose a good hotel if you can afford it....

 

 

We were at Ala Best Western, 5 minutes from San Marco Plaza and I really recommend it!

 

We spent 4 days in Roma a few years ago and we were a bit dissapointed for a few reasons...

 

 but Venice  has definitely reconciled us to Italy!!! 

 

 

Our next trip will be in the USA, what about you?

Did our venitian post made you want to visit Venice?

 

 



CARNIVAL 50's skirt

I have a particular skirt that I really wanted to wear in Venice....

 

I was fearing not to be able to wear it due to the bad weather...

 

But we finally could enjoy Venice under the sun!!!!

 

What comes to your mind when you are thinking about this city?

 

Gondolas?

 

 

  

Narrow channels?

 

CARNIVAL of course!!!!

 

 

I had to wear this novelty 50's skirt!

 

 

A tribute to venitian carnival masks....

 

So elegant my hubby!

 

 

Unfortunatly, we had a huge problem with our camera....

 

a lot of our pictures had small dark spots due to flaws on inside digital lenses... 

 

 

We must definitly change that camera!!! 

 

 

And that was the perfect weather to enjoy a gondola ride...

 

 

Riding a gondola is really expensive.

 

 

About 100 euros for one hour!!!!

 

 

But it's impossible to miss that!!!

 

 

It's so peacefull and you are able to see the city from a different angle.

 

 

 And that's so ROMANTIC!!!!

 

 

 

You must not choose gondolas in main touristic areas because it's so croudy!

 

 

Prefer to ride one in other places where you can see Venice true lifes. 

 

You will ask me: "And what about vintage in Venice?"

 

I searched on internet before departure to check if there were some vintage shoppes.

 

I found just a few adresses, most of them were selling second hand like Prada, Gucci...

 

I only found one that could have been interesting near University.

(Last 4 pictures by my brother in law)

 

 

Unfortunatly, when we arrived to this adress, we saw that this shop doesn't exist anymore...

 

But we had the pleasure to discover another area of the city with no tourist, many bars and more authentic restaurants!

 

We managed to find a jazz club and spent a nice musical evening! 

 

 

One last post remains from our Venice trip, I will try to give you advices to well plan your upcoming trip.

 

Do you look for vintage everywhere you go like us?

Do you need some tips or advices to plan a venitian trip ?